Category Archives: Award

On Friday, I premiered on the big stage at Big Design Dallas. My topic was “Cognitive Biases: How to keep them out of UX Research and Design.” This topic us very near and dear to my heart because we all suffer from cognitive biases. You don’t have to hold a psychology degree to know that. The focus of this talk was how to recognize biases in yourself and others. Also what you can do ti fight of the symptoms cognitive biases. Finally, I told my crowd how they can “turn their frown upside down” and how to use cognitive biases for good in your UX designs.

Jen Blatz on stage at Big Design talking about Cognitive Biases.

For my first international/national conference speaking gig, I think it went really well. Sure there were a few minor mistakes that only (hopefully) the speaker noticed. My whole goal was to get the crowd interested and engaged in the topic. And I did that by balancing funny images, real-world stories and relatable content.

The crowd laughed, participated and learned something new form the talk “Cognitive Biases: Keep them out of your design and research.”

I am so lucky and honored! I have reached the superb level of gaining 1,100 followers on Twitter. I am truly thankful for all of the support I have gained through the years. I am touched that even just one person is interested in anything I have to say or share.

Thank you so much for showing interest in my UX Design and Research tweets. You can imagine how lucky I feel to have reached 1,100. I really appreciate all of the love.

Once again, I have reached the huge milestone of 1,000 followers on Twitter. This is so wonderful. I am truly thankful for all f the support I have gained through the years. I am one very lucky gal.

Thank you so much for showing interest in my UX Design and Research tweets. I feel so honored to have just one follower. So you can imagine how lucky I feel to have reached 1,000. I really appreciate all of the love.

I am so excited to report that I have reached a huge milestone. I have accumulated 700 Twitter followers. I feel so honored and humbled to have even one follower, let alone 700.

Twitter has become a great avenue for me to stay on top of the latest news in UX, and to share that with the broader UX community. I have to admit, when I first started on Twitter, I thought it was lame. I thought, “I don’t care about what people had for breakfast.” “I don’t care how long they had to stand in line to get their stupid Starbucks coffee.” Now I understand that i you follow the right people, Twitter is a very valuable resource.

Granted, I understand how volatile Twitter can be. You can read this blog and then go on to my Twitter account and it has dipped below 700. I know this can happen at any moment. But my larger hope it so keep this grand number of followers (Wow, 700!) and continue to expand it in the future.

For me, it’s not just a vanity number. I’d be kidding myself to not feel excited and honored to have any followers. But it is as much about being part of a great UX community. And this community expand the world. I feel honored to learn from people all over the globe from who I follow. And I hope to expand my network as well.

If you would like to follow me on Twitter too, find me at jnblatz on Twitter. Thanks.

P.S How cute is that dog in the image? Yep, I am a dog lover. He’s a cutey patutey!!

I am very excited to announce that I have reached a great milestone. I have accumulated 500+ followers on Twitter. I know that there are millions of other people that have a much, much larger number of supporters. I won’t attempt to compare myself to their accomplishments. But for little ol’ me, I am very please with having such a big number of followers.

I don’t tweet about what I am having for breakfast.

I don’t tweet about my political views of my favorite TV show.

I do tweet about UX design and digital trends. Considering that my niche is so very specific, I am very proud to have as many followers as I do. If you are interested in following me on Twitter too, please check out my Twitter account and start learning more about the UX world. Thank so much to all my followers. And thank you to those who I follow who provide such great content that I can “tweet forward.” It’s a great platform to learn from, and contribute to. Make Twitter work for you.

The first of three award winning designs I would like to share with you is my website www.jenniferblatzdesign.com. This was my first ever web design award, and I won’t it from GDUSA Magazine’s Inhouse Design Awards. I have won several awards from them through the years. But this is the first year I’ve won a web design award from the organization. I am proud and inspired to design more great looking websites. Thanks for the confidence boost. Back to work….

This is the second Graphic Design USA award winning design for 2013. The concept here was a jovial and festive “Save the Date” reminder for a company’s holiday party. I needed to express the festive season, without promoting any religious affiliation. This design was well received.

The logo I designed for Website weekend won a 2013 Graphic Design USA award. Just announced today, the logo and branding for “Hike It Up” won an American Inhouse Design Award. I am pleased to add this to my gallery of award-winning designs.